Rocky and Huey Meaux      Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career. In 1964 Meaux moved his Tear Drop label and his Crazy Cajun Enterprises to Conroe, Texas where he partnered with a seasoned record producer, Foy Lee. They not only continued to release new Tear Drop material but also started subsidiary labels including Capri Records, Tribe Records, Eric Records and others. Together Meaux and Lee produced many chart singles on the Tear Drop label. They became nationally distributed by Jay Gee Records (J/G) which was owned by Jamie Records of Philadelphia. Tear Drop's biggest hit was "Talk To Me" by Sunny & the Sunliners which broke into Billboard's Top 100. Sunny was actually Sunny Ozuna who was based out of San Antonio, Texas. He had recorded a regional hit in 1962 titled "Golly Gee" under the group name of Sunny & the Sunglows. Meaux & Lee also scored another hit in 1964 by Gene Summers and The Tom Toms titled "Big Blue Diamonds" on their newly-formed Capri Records label and later released Summers' rockabilly classic "Alabama Shake" also on Capri. Meaux & Lee went on to sign many artist including Houston's very own Rocky Gil and the Bishops. Rocky Gil and the Bishops were a new sound in Tejano music, evolving from the earlier days of orchestra. This new blend in musical tastes hit the Tejano scene with a fury. Capitalizing on this new blend, Meaux & Lee signed a 4 album deal with Rocky Gil and the Bishops, propelling  Rocky Gil and the Bishops to the forefront of Tejano music. In the 1970s Meaux re-activated his Crazy Cajun record label and began to produce more hit records. In 1974, inspired by the Hispanic artists on his label, Meaux had an idea for production of a half english and half spanish language song, that was sure to take the airwaves by storm. Armed with this new chart topper, the next task at hand was to find an artist that would bring life, to this project, Meaux needed a sweet sounding voice and an amazing performer. Meaux had the perfect person already recording under his label, Rocky Gil!  Meaux tried to convinced Rocky to add his voice to the prerecorded instrumental track of "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," a song written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters. Rocky declined the offer. Who would do it?, Meaux turned to early '60s rocker Freddy Fender. This time he hit the big jackpot when Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" broke through all chart boundaries and went Platinum. Initially released on Meaux's Crazy Cajun record label, the recording received national distribution on the ABC/Dot Records in 1975. It reached No. 1 on both the country and pop charts and was named the Country Music Association's single of the year for 1975.